11th April 2008. Outside Nelson Library. Formerly named Marsden, the town changed its name to Nelson as a result of the Lord Nelson pub in the middle of the town which was (and still is) the only notable thing about the place.
People referred to The Lord Nelson when they spoke about Marsden and gradually the pub name took over.
Interestingly, if a similar 'popular reference' for the town was used nowadays, the new name would be 'Shitole'.
Anyways, outside the town library is a statue to commemorate the Boy Scouts from the area that fought and died in the Great War.
Now I wasn't aware that boy Scouts were called up during the war, so this came as a surprise to me (but not as much of a surprise as it would have been to the lads that joined the Cubs in order to learn a few knots and start a camp fire, and ended up with the 'Clearing German Machine Gun Nest' badge).
Obviously this is where the idea for The Hitler Youth came from for the second leg, though.....
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